Summary: OBEDIENCE MEANS PEACEFUL HABITATION

OBSERVATION: LEVITICUS WAS AN INSTRUCTION BOOK TO OLD TESTAMENT ISRAEL REGARDING SACRIFICES AND RITUALS FOR WORSHIP AND REGULATIONS FOR THEIR DAILY LIFE.

INTERPRETATION:

LEVITICUS 26:6 (NKJV) I WILL GIVE PEACE IN THE LAND, YOU SHALL LIE DOWN, AND NONE WILL MAKE YOU AFRAID.

POINTS TO PONDER:

GOD WAS DETERMINED TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE ENTIRE WORLD THROUGH ISRAEL. THEY WERE TO BE A MODEL TO OTHER NATIONS TO FOLLOW.

GOD PROMISED THEM SECURITY AND SAFETY IN THE LAND THEY WERE TO INHABIT.

ISRAEL’S OBEDIENCE WAS A GUARANTEE OF FRUITFUL HARVEST AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH AS A NATION. YOU SEE GOD’S PROMISES THROUGHOUT LEVITICUS, CHAPTER 26. THEIR OBEDIENCE WOULD HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO GOD’S PRESENCE, FELLOWSHIP AND INTIMACY.

THEIR OBEDIENCE WOULD HAVE CHECKED AGITATION, CONFLICT, GREED, AMBITION, VAINGLORY AND OTHER SPIRITUAL MALADIES.

APPLICATION:

UNFORTUNATELY, ISRAEL WAS DISOBEDIENT AND DID NOT KEEP HER PROMISES: ISRAEL DID NOT ENJOY A PEACEFUL HABITATION. BELIEVER, YOU CAN ENJOY A PEACEFUL HABITATION IF YOU OBEY!